Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,715, John Gault, N.H.

SERVICE
Gault, John
NUMBER _____
S. 32. 715
CONTENTS

10,767 New Hampshire  transferred to Massachusetts John Gault
of New Boston in the state of New Hampshire who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Pease of the New Hampshire line, for the term of two years - 1781 -
inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 of May 1819 and sent to J. B. Smith Esq. Amherst New Hampshire
  Arrears to 4th of March 1819  $ 83.96    Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819  48    10 Mo. 15 days arrears  131.96  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
See letter to Chandler Robbins, Nov. 24th 1815.
Transferred to Massachusetts 26th Nov. 1828, to take effect from 1st April 1829. 1828 - Notification sent to Pensioner, Case of Michael Robbins Esq. Boston Mass. new certificate issued at same time and sent to cost of same paid.
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I John Gault Now residing in the Town of New Boston in the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that I was on the 14th day of July 1779 enlisted a private sol- dier in the second company commanded by Capt. John Livermore in the Third Reg. in the New Hampshire Line Command- ed by Col. Seammuel for the term of one year which I faithfully served out and was honorably discharged at West Point in the State of New York the 12th day of July 1780 by Col. Henry Dearborn which discharge I have lost & cannot tell what became of it. In the month of July 1780 I went back & enlisted in the same Company & same Regt for six months which I faith- fully served out & was honorably discharged Again in the month of March 1781 I enlisted for the term of three years into the same Company commanded by Capt. Daniel Clough in the Third Reg. in the New Hampshire Line commanded by Col. Dearborn in the New Hampshire Line and faithfully served until June 1783 when by consent of my Col. I was furloughed or exchanged in dis- charge with one Daniel Clough who was a furloughed man he took my place

himself to serve out the remainder of my three years & I took his place of duty the war and I was honorably discharged the seventh day of March 1865 and was mustered out at Washington D.C. in Chief Genl. Geo. H. Thomas's presence at a place called Newburgh in the State of New York at the New Hampshire Cantonments which discharge I have since lost & know not what became of them until it was destroyed by my chil- dren when small my family not thinking they were of any value which I believe to be the manner of my losing them I further state that I have never been placed on the Pension list of Invalids & that I am in reduced circumstances and stand in need of assistance from my Country for my support & depend on my labors which brings me but scanty living as I am afflicted with rheumatic pains at times which are very painful to bear. I am John Gault
Sworn to this 20th day of April 1871 Before me J. H. Smith County Attorney

I Hugh Moore of Amherst in said County testify that I am acquainted with John Gault who is in the position on this sheet & that he is a soldier of the Revolution.
in all the above.
Hugh Moore
sworn to 20th Ap. D. 1818 Before me J. H. Smith Clerk of Court at Am. Ohio.
State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss. On the 20th day of April A.D. 1818 before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for said County at Hillsborough personally appeared John Gault a President in the Town of New Boston in said County of Hillsborough in the fifty seventh year of his age & being duly sworn and made solemn oath agreeably to Law in order to obtain a pension under the late Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" that he enlisted (after several former campaigns) in the month of March A.D. 1781 for the term of three years in the 3rd Company commanded by Capt. Daniel Livermore in the Regiment Cannonaded by Col. Dearborn in the New Hampshire Line & continued to serve in said Corps over the service of the United States until June the 7th D. 1783 when he was honorably discharged by the Commander in Chief at a place called Newburgh in the State of New York at the New Hampshire Continentals. That he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his Country for his support. From all which & from the evidence time given I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Gault did serve in the Revolutionary War against the Common Enemy on the Continental establishment for more than nine months. And I further certify from my own knowledge that the said John Gault is reduced in his circumstances & needs the assistance of his Country for his support. And I herewith transmit the proceedings & the testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary of the Department of War.
Hugh Moore } A special Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
This certifies that the signature of J. H. Smith on this sheet is in his own handwriting & that he is one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Hillsborough. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set the seal of said Court to
Merrill Castman Clerk

14th Regt Co: A.H. 1776 19th Regt 1776 1st Regt 1776 2d Regt 1776 3d Regt 1776 4th Regt 1776 5th Regt 1776 6th Regt 1776 7th Regt 1776 8th Regt 1776 9th Regt 1776 10th Regt 1776 11th Regt 1776 12th Regt 1776 13th Regt 1776 14th Regt 1776 15th Regt 1776 16th Regt 1776 17th Regt 1776 18th Regt 1776 19th Regt 1776 20th Regt 1776
I John Purple of Manchester in the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire of lawful age do solemnly swear that I am knowing that John Gault who has given his affidavit on this sheet that he served in the Revolutionary against the com- mon enemy under the Continental establishment more than nine months in the Company com- manded by Capt Sam Livermore in the third & first Regiments in the New Hampshire Line commanded by Col. Scammon Test to the signature & mark John Purple of John Purple his mark Sworn to this 23rd day of Oct 1810 Before me J. H. Smith a Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
This certifies the Hugh Moore & John Purple whose affidavits I have taken on this sheet are both Creditable witnesses in Court. John Purple J. H. Smith a Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas

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John Gault
18.767
Nov 10 1869
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Sept. 1869

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
HILLSBOROUGH, SS.
At a Court of Common Pleas for the first district, holden at Amherst in said county of Hillsborough, on this fourth day of July, 1820, being a court of record; having power of fine and imprisonment, and unlimited Jurisdiction in point of amount.
PRESENT
The Hon. { JOSHUA DARLING, JEDIDIAH K. SMITH, } Justices.
Personally appeared, in open court, John Gault aged fiftyseven years, resident in New Boston in said county, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, to wit: That he enlisted July 21 1779 into the regiment under the command of Col. Henry Dearborn in the absence of Col. Schamel in the Company commanded by Capt. Daniel Livermore in the New Hampshire line on the Continental establishment and served one year in said corps and was then discharged at a place called West Point in the State of New York - Then enlisted in Aug. 21. 1780 in the same Regiment and Company and served almost six months in said corps and was discharged in December of the same year at a place called Soldiers Fortuin in the State of New York - then in March 1781 he enlisted into the Regiment commanded by Col. Henry Dearborn and after him by Col. George Reed in the Company commanded by Daniel Livermore before mentioned in the New Hampshire line on the Continental establishment and served in said Corps till June 1783 when he was discharged at a place called Newburgh in the State of New York
the date of my original declaration was on the Twentieth day of April Anno Domini, 1818 I have received a pension, the certificate of which is numbered 10767 on the back thereof.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land or naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, passed on the 18th day of March, 1818;" and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the following schedule, by me subscribed.
Real estate none
Personal estate
1 wood Land & horse $3.00
By a schedule as exhibited to the Court I have due to me in three notes Sept. 91 about $45 { 91.91 which is the avails of my pension money etc } $94.91
I am owing to several persons as by schedule exhibited to the Court including the whole amount { $67.00

My occupation is that of Wood Sawyer and follow that only as I can do no other business on account of a Rheumatic complaint which obliges me to labor standing. My family, residing with me, consists of no persons, having no wife and my children having left me
John Gault
Sworn to and declared in open court, on the Anno Domini, 1820.
6 th day of July M c Cartman Clerk
I MOSES EASTMAN, Clerk of the above named Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing declaration and oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited, in the foregoing schedule, is 294.91 & said applicant owes as above
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 6 th day of July, 1820.
M c Cartman
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Hillsborough.

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Suffolk ss.
On this tenth day of November 1828 , before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Suffolk personally appeared John Gault who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Daniel Livermore in the regiment commanded by Colonel George Read in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New Hampshire from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of Massachusetts where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future; and that his reasons for removing to the State of Massachusetts are that he may spend the residue of his life near his son residing in Boston .
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid. }
Edward Robbins Justice
NOTES.—The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, setting forth that the person taking the testimony is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. The pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also have the authentication as above required.

I William Riddle of Bedford in the County of Hillsboro' & State of New Hampshire do hereby testify I say that I have been long acquainted with John Gault within mentioned and that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Daniel Lewmore in the Service of the United States as described in the within affidavit William Riddle
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk ss. November 11 th 1828 - Personally ap- peared William Riddle the above mentioned Deponent and made solemn oath that the facts above stated by him are true Before me Francis R. Ropes Justice
I also certify that the said Riddle is a man of truth & veracity Francis R. Ropes Justice - 2 -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By His Excellency Levi Lincoln Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN :
Know ye, That Chandler Robbins Esq. is a Justice of Peace in the County of Suffolk.
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to his Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony, Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this eleventh day of November A. D. 1828 and in the fifty-third year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
Edward D. Paine Secretary of the Commonwealth.

APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Suffolk ss.
On this tenth day of November 1828, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Suffolk personally appeared John Gault who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Daniel Livermore in the regiment commanded by Colonel George Read in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of New Hampshire that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War: which certificate, on or about the first day of April 1827, at or near Bedford , in the county of Hillsboro State of New Hampshire he by accident had his said certificate defaced by being in contact with a quantity of Pearl ashes
Sworn and subscribed to. before } me, the day and year aforesaid. }
Ward Robbins Justice of the Peace
NOTES.—The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
□ If the pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was the case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italics , and insert, in lieu thereof, "but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one."
The pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office, setting forth that the officer before whom the affidavit may be made is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be.
When a person acting as an Agent or Attorney for a Pensioner, loses the certificate, the affidavit of that person is also required, which must be authenticated as above.

I William Riddle of Bedford in the County of Hillsboro & State of New Hampshire do testify and say, that I have been long acquainted with John Gault within mentioned, and that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Daniel Freeman as within mentioned & in the Service of the United States, as described in the within affidavit
William Riddle
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk ss. November 11 th 1823 Personally appeared William Riddle the above mentioned Deponent and made solemn oath that the facts above stated by him are true. Before me Brand Russell Justice I also certify that the said Riddle is a man of truth and veracity Brand Russell Justice

John Payable semi-annually---the first pay- ment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of  next

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
James M'Gaul late a Private 1st New Hampshire in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Agency, at the rate of dollars per month, to commence on the day of one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this day of one thousand eight hundred and
of the  Secretary of War.

William A. Gault & Son.
Granite and Marble Monuments TOMBS AND MARCOPHAG
S. TEACKLE WALLIS MONUMENT, GREENMOUNT, JOHN J. THOMSEN D'UTASSY TOMB, LOUDON PARK.
8 E. Lexington St.
A. HIRN & CO. BALTIMORE
Only First Quality Work executed, having been in the business for twenty five Years.
Baltimore, Jan'y 22 1898
Dr. Sir:
I am advised that I may get the Revolu- tionary records of the New Hampshire Guards in The Pension Bureau If so, kindly advise
Yours W. A. Gault
REFERRED

a. Gault. md.
32 715 Rev INVALID.
Jan. 26/98. To Mr. H. Baltimore-
File No. 32 715
John Gault Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 150
[Arrangement of 1870.]